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(No Model.)

W. W. HUGHES.

SOAFFOLD BRACKET.

No. 346,160. Patented July 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM WV. HUGHES, OF WASHINGTON MILLS, NE\V YORK.

SCAFFOLD-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,160. dated July2'7, 1886.

Application filed November 18. 1885. Serial No. 183,156. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. HUGHES,

. of \Vashington Mills, in the county of Oneida and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scaffold'Brackets;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to adjustable folding scaffold-brackets; and itconsists in the combination of mechanism hereinafter more fullydescribed and pointed out.

Figure 1 represents the view of my improved bracket supported on theroof of a house extended after the discharge of the scaffoldfloor. Fig.2 represents my improved bracket on the roof of a house with ascaffold-flooring in position for use. Fig. 3 represents details ofconstruction.

The object of my invention is to furnish jointed scaffold-brackets bymeans of which a scaffolding can be supported on the roof or side of abuilding without the use of posts or cross-brackets nailed or stayed tothe building, and which may be when not in use folded into a compactspace for transportation. I attain this object by means of hooked,looped, jointed and connected brackets, hereinafter more fully pointedout.

The sections of each bracket may be constructed of steel, malleable, orwrought iron, or other suitable material to withstand the strain.

Each bracket is preferably formed of two pieces jointed or hingedtogether, as shown, with the upper sections of the bracket provided withhook or angle bends for engaging the peak of the roof, or any othersuitable support for securing the same to the building. On the oppositeside of the hook or bend, and in near proximity thereto, I provide oneor more projecting hooks on each section of the bracket for engaging theconnecting coupling, which is attached to the extremes of the jointedsections, whereby said sections may be moved to the desired angle andretained by the connection being hooked over the hooks, ready forreceiving the floor of the scaffolding, which may be discharged from thejointed sections by unhooking the connection from the hooks and allowingthe same to drop, and by means of the joint the same may be folded intoa compact space for convenience in storing and shipping.

It is quite obvious that the sections of the brackets may be constructedof any required length and the upper sections may be provided withapertures for receiving the lower sections for adjusting the brackets todifferent places and varying work without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

I attain the object before mentioned by providing sections a a of thebracket with an angle or hooked bend on the upper portion of thebracket-section for engaging the peak of the roof or other support, asindicated by a a. Opposite the hook or angle bend on the upper sectionof the bracket, I provide on each section one or more projecting hooks,a a", for engaging the connecting chain or link. On the lower end ofsections a a, Iprovide sections I) b, which are jointed or hinged tosections a a, as indicated by b I), for forming a hinge orjoint. At theextremes of b b, I attach, preferably, a chain or other coupling, whichengages the hooks on the upper sections for holding the lower sectionsof the bracket b b at any desired angle for receiving the floor of thescaffolding and supporting the same.

0 0 represent the chain or connecting link for supporting the lowersections of the bracket I) b at the desired angle for receiving thefloor of the scaffolding, which may be discharged by unhooking theconnectingchains from the hooks, substantially as shown in Fig. l.

The brackets may be removed and folded into a compact space forconvenience in storing and shipping.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Parent, is-

A scaffold-bracket consisting of hinged sections, the upper sectionhaving a hook at one end to engage the roof peak and hooks between itsends with which a chain connected with the free end of the lower sectionengages, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have aftixed my signatn re in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM W. HUGHES. Wi tnesses EDWIN H. RISLEY, G. DIF. HOXIE.

